Gabriel Benavides

Gabriel Benavides (fl. 1908) was the police captain of San Vicente, Bolivia. He was one of the men who was responsible for killing outlaws Butch Cassidy and the "Sundance Kid".

Biography
Gabriel Benavides was born in Bolivia to a mestizo family, and he became the captain of the police garrison of San Vicente, a small town. In 1908, he was alerted to the presence of the "Bandidos Yanquis" Butch Cassidy and the "Sundance Kid" in his town by a youth who recognized their donkey as one stolen from one of their mines. Benavides set up an ambush of them, but many police were killed, so Benavides called for reinforcements from Captain Cristobal Ricardo of the Bolivian Army. The combined forces of the Army and the police killed the two.